September 17, 2014
- Steven Topazio wrote this May 10, 2015 at 2:32 pm
The client, a 53 year old truck driver from Illinois, hired Boston Criminal Defense Lawyer Steven J. Topazio to represent him at a Magistrate Hearing after he was charged with motor vehicle violations after knocking down a street light which he struck with his tractor trailer. In preparation of the Magistrate’s Hearing, Attorney Topazio obtained a copy of his client’s clean driving record (except for this matter), and a letter from Carolina Casualty Insurance showing property damage payment of $4,084.93 for the damaged street light, as well as a letter from his client’s employer J.B. Expedited of Illinois indicating that his client cannot have any violations within the first 12 months of his employment otherwise he could be terminated from employment. Today, Attorney Topazio pointed out that his client making a delivery to Harvard University, got on a street where tractor trailers are prohibited, tried to back up and hit a (sign/pole), then called police as well as reporting the damage to security. Attorney Topazio stressed to the Magistrate that his client waited for over an hour for police to arrive and when they did they gave him a ticket due to the damage. Attorney Topazio was successful in persuading the Magistrate to find his client not responsible by arguing that his client did the right thing by calling police after the accident, despite being unfamiliar with the area; and proved that his client’s insurance paid for the damage he caused.